Anti vibration mounts for Solar Panel and Dirt Roads

[A.Smith]

Greetings, The concern of mounting solar panels directly to the roof was mentioned by someone that thought I was using a conventional rigid camper and driving in extreme off road conditions.

But 4Wheel campers by design do not have a rigid roof, so to speak. Plus I do not drive extreme off roads, dirt road yes, but not true off road.

Thanks to all for the comments, and concerns

A.Smith
Fred

 

[JaSAn]

If you do use a damping material you need to sandwich the panel so you have compliance on both compression and rebound. Otherwise you will have a force spike on rebound when the panel hits against the head of the fastener.